Vic Mensa’s Controlled Chaos

Lights faded, crowd excited, and music fully blasted to keep his headlining crowd at bay, Vic Mensa ran out from backstage at 9:55 sharp on Monday night at the Brooklyn Bowl, jumping directly into “Dynasty,” the opening track on his newest EP that came out in June. Despite the energy in the room literally making the walls vibrate, the accompanying speakers weren’t quite as cooperative, as a hint of static sound distortion eventually became full-on audio crackling. Dismayed but